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Introduction
You hit the “Download” button and the movie is on your device! How fascinating is this concept. Without spending a penny on buying a cinema hall ticket and going anywhere, you are able to watch the latest movie with so much convenience. This is precisely why piracy and its practises have become so popular in the modern day and age. People of the 21st Century believe in the aspect of convenience and piracy fulfils this exact requirement to perfection. Moreover, availing digital content for free is a luxury. However, with the introduction of the internet and the digitalization of content, people are relying upon these fraudulent practices to avail entertainment.
What tempts us is the cheap price or even free quotations of the pirated stuff, whether it’s a website that facilitates the download of a pirated movie or a local vendor selling pirated CDs. We can go on searching for websites just to download a movie and finding a link seems like an achievement but we neglect the fact that our “achievement” is backstabbing someone’s sheer dedication towards making a movie which entertains us. These appeals are a clear testimony of what the industry is facing due to piracy. It’s time to safeguard our heroes by discouraging piracy and watching movies in cinema halls only.
About Tamilgun
Tamilgun is an infamous pirated movie download website, the website provides the latest Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi dubbed movies. Along with movies, the site also provides Tamil TV sequences and TV shows in several South Indian languages. Tamilgun also provides an option of online streaming of your favorite movies and TV shows. So, there’s no need to download your favorite movie or TV show if you lack space or data, you can enjoy them online too.
The websites try to make pirated copies of the movies and shows available on the site as soon as possible, you can find almost every latest movie which hits the theaters, this site doesn’t require any kind of subscription and hence, you can access the content on the website for free. The website releases the movies and shows in the high video and sound quality providing you great viewing experience.
In addition, the site facilitates the viewers with a responsive finder bar, where you can search the movie or show you want to watch and the bar will show you the results within seconds. Besides all the features of the site, this shouldn’t be ignored that the site is operating unlawfully. The content which the site is providing is pirated and hence, illegal. But still, people film lovers access the site with certain safety measures like using a Virtual Private Network, With the use of such tools, tracking and blocking these websites becomes extremely challenging for the government.
Movies leaked by Tamilgun
Tamilgun has notoriously leaked thousands of South Indian and Bollywood movies and TV shows. In the past few years, the site has leaked many movies which became blockbuster hits, and the year 2020 is also not far behind in witnessing leaks of Bollywood and South Indian movies. Tamilgun has leaked Bollywood hits like Love Aaj Kal, Shikara, Malang, Panga, Street Dancer 3D, and many others. Besides Bollywood, South Indian film industry is also a victim of the leak of movies by Tamilgun. The leak of the Malayalam film Shylock was in the headline of news bulletin, also leak of the Telugu movie Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo is also a recent highlight.
Tamilgun in India
Websites like Tamilgun are illegal in India as these websites promote digital piracy. If someone tries to access these websites and view or download a movie from them, the person is convicted for possessing an illegal copy of the movie and the compensation can be heavy. Though the government discourages them by banning them, they start operating again with a different URL after getting banned, and hence, curbing piracy is a challenge for the Indian government.
List of similar websites like Tamilgun movie download website
Similar to the Tamilgun movie download website, several other websites promote the download of pirated movies. Given below is the list of such websites:-
· Filmyzilla
· 123movies
· Moviesda
· Djpunjab
· Filmy4wap
· Bollyshare
· Tamilrockers
· Madrasrockers
· 9xmovies
· Gomovies
· Moviespur
· Movierulz
What is the government doing to stop digital piracy?
With the rise in the number of piracy cases in India, the Indian government has started giving attention to the problem since it’s causing great damage to the film industries. The Indian government has instructed the internet providers to keep an eye on the users of these websites and warn them. Also, the government has blocked many websites from providing pirated content but these websites keep updating their domain extensions and hence, are still operating.
What will happen if I download the movie illegally in India?
India never had piracy laws. But as the number of piracy cases has started increasing by a dramatic amount, the need for strict piracy laws in India arises. Though the laws aren’t as strict as they’re in countries like the US, where the downloader of pirated content gets blacklisted from using the internet service, but still the government is trying hard to stop piracy.
In 2019, a bill named Cinematograph Amendment Bill was proposed in the parliament and was warmly approved by the Union Cabinet. This was an attempt to stop camcording piracy, where the pirates record the movie while watching it inside the movie theater. The quality of the print is generally poor with lots of turbulence in the picture and unclear sound quality. But since the content is free, people usually go for it. The bill describes camcording piracy crime and prescribes a sentence up to 3 years or a fine of Rs. 10 lakh or both. Camcording doesn’t mean recording only with a camcorder. If you’re found recording inside the cinema hall with any kind of recording device, you’re guilty under Camcording piracy. But there are not many cases of punishment. If your act was for a commercial purpose, the government takes an action but jail/fine is only in some extreme cases.
The government tries to protect the interests of the filmmakers through the grant of copyrights. The copyrights make copying of movies illegal. The Copyrights Act 1957, states that
Visiting local technological hubs in the form of Cyber Cafes and Computer Centers in your city, you may come across the fact these hubs heavily influence the use and practice of pirated content. Digital piracy in physical form through these Cyber Cafes is very prevalent in these markets. Pirates download the latest movies and shows through pirated websites and sell them in DVDs and hard drives. Not only movies, but the pirates here also sell pirated games, songs, videos, and much more. These CDs are much cheaper than a cinema hall ticket. This is the main reason for which the markets are visited by millions of film lovers and piracy is increasing in India.
Though the piracy cases have risen in India and besides the government’s hard efforts for eradicating piracy from India, most of the efforts fail at lower levels. These policies and laws may have a good impact at top levels. For example, issuing copyrights will definitely show results at top levels (like for distributors, directors, etc.) but fail at lower levels (like for the local vendors and general public). Also, the pirates are well learned about the ways to dodge the authorities. Pirates keep changing their domain extensions, which add fuel to the fire.
What should you do to stop digital piracy?
We all try to find a solution to a problem only if it affects us. Since piracy isn’t affecting our lives, in fact, it’s making our lives easy. We don’t find the need to identify a solution. But finding a solution is very much necessary since it’s causing damage to reach millions.
For this, the researchers have developed an advanced way of preventing pirates from creating a pirated copy of the movies. The tool is known as Cinavia. Cinavia is an advanced audio watermark that is added to a movie. The watermark doesn’t disrupt the audio quality or sound of the movie but is very useful for preventing piracy. If you try to record a movie inside a movie theater, there will be no effect on the recording. But when you play it on any other device, Cinavia will be detected by the media player of the device and will mute the audio of the recorded content. The media player will also send you a warning regarding the unlawfulness of the copy. The watermark can’t be removed by any kind of editing or trimming and will be present even after recording or creating other copies of the movie.
There are a number of legal websites on the internet which provide the latest as well as original content, which you can stream on your device. These sites require a subscription. In fact, fresh piracy accounts are created on a regular basis so that they cannot be traced by the local authorities that fight against piracy. Authentic websites ban these accounts but creating a new account can be completed within a few seconds. The most popular among pirated accounts is on Netflix. Millions of pirated Netflix accounts are operating currently. These websites are very efficient in curbing piracy of movies as they are economical and provide excellent content.
Sometimes, there is a mole in the film team who leaks the content for the pirates. There should be faithfulness among the team members. Activities of one member cause loss of millions to the team. The team members shouldn’t leak movies just for a small amount.
Conclusion
It’s very disheartening to see the filmmakers and actors appealing to stop the act of piracy. Piracy is causing a loss of millions to the filmmakers and is discouraging them from making more and more movies. We should try our best to stop promoting websites like Tamilgun and watch movies in cinema halls by purchasing legitimate tickets. If we stop using such websites, then the people responsible for piracy will automatically shut down. As long as there is a demand for piracy in the market it will continue to pertain and haunt the entertainment industry. Thus, it should be the duty of common people to ensure not to circumvent the malpractices of piracy.